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'COUNTY 01 - % DOWN ELECTION, JULY 1. Yesterday being appointed for the election of two Members of Parliament for this County, A. J. Cpwritito, Esq. the High Sheriff, entered the Court-House between 11 and 12 o'clock. A very great number of Gentlemen Freeholders imme diately filled every corner of the room, and a num ber of the tenantry of the County being also pre 3ent, the pre' ore %WAS excessive. The Rieht Lord CA9TLItIfENGUI and Lord A ill'HU“ HILL came together. Lord CASTLE XEAGFI Monk hie seat on the debt, and Lord A. HILL oit the lett of the Sheriff. The necessary preliminaries having been gone through, ANDREW NUGENT, ESq. rose, and proposed Lord Castle reagh to be one of the Representatives of the Count y. This was seconded by D. MtissaNnsu. Esq. Colonel PORDE then rose, and proposed Lord Arthur 11111 to he the other - Representative —This was seconded by D. DELACHEROILS CROMMELAN, ESC'. The Binh Sheriff then announced the Can didates, and called a spew of ()mitts ; when, after the usual proclamations were made, no other Can didate bving proposed, he declared the election to be unanimous. Lord CASTLERBAGH then rose, and addressed, Ole Freeholders. He begged leave to return his most grateful thanks to the Freeholders for the honour they had conferred on him. He, said he could assure them that he entertained a deep sense of their favour, and was well aware of the ar duous tesponsibility of the trust which they had again reposed in him. It was peculiarly ratehtl to his feelings, that, after having served them for twentyone years, he had Obtaill6(tabiS Unani • mons testimony of their approbation. , He begged leave to remark that there was no inconsistency in returning his hlon..Friend (LOrd Arthrte Hill) and _himself; although they _might differ in politi cal opinions, the aim t'if both was the public good. It Was. only by the honest. conflict of opinions that truth was elicited. • It would be impossible for the most enlightened Cabinet to govern a na tion without an honest conflict of opinions. lle Wiped.' hey would rive !fiat credit for having al ways acted from honest motives, and be should nevershrink from responsi l )ility. His,Lordship, in a most eloquent and appropriate manner, con trasted the time when he lest visited this coun try with the present. The country, be ob served, was then its the utmost distress, owing to the recurrence from a state of war to that of peace, for we had been engaged in a contest for our very existence as a nation ; and in that con test Great Britain had triumphed,' and crowned herself with glory. Providence, howeVer; then,' in order to check our exultation, had visited us with a most inclement season ; he recollected,-in a. partiCular manner, that the_wheat on a farm which was occupied by his , father', was then covered with snow. Now; the contrast was InOst grateful, and it was his hope that prosperi!y woold -again - risit the land nothing could exceed the beautiful verdure of this happy country; and he could -assure them it was not confined to this-country, for it was general. Arts and ma nufactures also were again flourishing, and ell was one activt! scene of employment. Linen had again found a good market, and lie felt .confiaent' that their abundant harvest would 'find, a market in Great Britain. His LordShiv-fulther observed,' that every human institution.was liable to defects, but every person must: he convinced, that under no Convitution did the peonle enjoy a greater share of civil and religious liberty. than in Great Bvitairr ; and as. long as freedom of discussimi in both Houseiof Parliament existed, as lung as we were possessed "of a free press, no real abuse would be brought forward without its correction or a remedy being found. Changes or reforms must take place deliberately, for all changes -made abruptly or hastily came•to no good. Ilis Lord• ahifit4ain expressed his acknowledgments for the honour they had 'done hint, and said, that not Only in Parliament, but to the latest moment of his ex istence, he should entertain ' the must grateful teeollevion of their kindness. Lord A. 1-Itt.t. then rose, and shortly rttttrned thanks to the Freeholders, and said, be should akvays endeavour to deserve their confidence, In a particular manner he acknowledged his gratitude to• the Gentlemen %who had moved and seconded his nomination. One of these Gentlemen, lie said, had alluded to his public services in the army ; he should only observe, that when his country requited his services, he would be found doing his duty. ,[The above is but a brief .and imperfect sketch of what was said, owing to the pressure and con sequent buz.in the Court rendering it extremely difficult to obtain so correct a report as we could have wished ; and also owin to the lateness, of the, hour at which the above reached us, to be prepared in time for this morning's publication.] .Im.ntediately after the election; the Members were chaired in the usual -form, accompanied by the plaudits of the surrounding multitudes.—(Bel fast News Letter.) COUNTY OF LANARK. After ,a severe contest, Lord ARcHt,sat.n urns was returned :Member for this county, at three o'clock on Thursday morning. In voting for Presses and Clerk, there was a majority of eleven firr the Hamilton interest, and Sir John Maxwell, of Pollock, was placed in the Chair. Several new claims for enrolment were brought forward on both sides, to many of which objec tions were made, and ultimately eight of the claimants were kept off the roll, all of whom after wards voted under protest for Sir Alexander Coch rane. On calling oveithe roll, there voted for — Lord Archibald Hamilton 5t I Sir Alexander Cochrane.. 45 On counting the eight who voted under protest for Sir Alexander Cochrane, the majority will b e reduced to three. It is said that the Election is to be disputed. At this season of tl►e year, when horses are very much annoyed by flies, it is recommended to hackney 'coachmen, wl►ile ot►. die different stands, to loosen the bearing reins, which will permit the poor animals to yawn their heads about, and rely much relieve themselres from the torment of those noxious inseetsi I,xv i'N-11 COURT OF CFIXNCERY, JULT 7. LORD STEWART'S CASE. The Loan CHANCELLOR at ten o'clock sent for Sir Samuel Itomiily, Sir Arthur Piggott, the So licitor-General, Mr. Hart, Mr. Bell, Mr. Horne, and Mr. Abercromby, the counsel in this case, to attend him in his private room, for the purpose, as we understand, of elucidating some points which his Lordship had not made up his mind on, and which w►'re necessary to have explained -be tore he gave his final judgment in the case. Great public curiosity is excited by this case, and the Court is crowded regularly at ten o'clock, in ex pectation of his Lordship's judgment. It is, how ever, nut known when this curiosity will be sa tisfied, as his Lordship has not fixed a day for giv ing his decision.—We were misinformed that his Lordsl►ip ha-d given his decision on this important case. • The Loup CHANCELLOR came into Court at eleven o'clock, and was occupied the remainder of the day in licaringappeals and exceptions, Of no interest except to tl►e parties concerned. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, JULY 74 Sir JOHN LE'ACH, the Vice-Chancellor, pro ceeds without relaxation in the rule laid down by him, of not suffering the Court' to wait for Conn-, sel or Solicitors, but i❑ every instance of their non-attendance at the call of any suit, proceed ing to the next upon the paper, and degrading the omitted case to the hottomof the list. His Honour expressed much dissatisfaction this morn ing at the absence of the Solicitors in several causes which stood for hearing, and atter -passing by no less than nine of that kind, withdrew from the Court at eleven o'clock. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JULY 7. London Sittings after Trinity Terin, before Arr. Justice ABBOTT, and a Special Jury. • STOCK-JOBBING. WICKS QUI TAM V. GORDON. This was an action of debt upon the Stat. c. S. to recover a penalty of 500/• against the de fendant, for contracting to sell certain Bank Stock to one Joseph Lightfoot, he not being possessed of, or'entitled to sell, such Stock. Mr. GURNEY, with whom was Mr. COMYN, stated the case to the Jury, and represeuted that the defendant was a regular jobber at the Stock Exchange, and had made several contracts for the sale of Stock, knowing at the time that he should not be able to fulfil his engagements. Such was the present transaction.. The defendant had ,contracted to sell to a Gentleman, named Light foot : (oota jobber), on the 20th January, 1817, 3 per . Cent . . Consols to the amount of 50001. which he was to transfer on the 27th of Februaly following, but when that day arrived, he was un able to make the transfer, and, in fact, had no such Stock in his possession : in consequence of which Mr. Lightfoot was obliged to purchase of Other persons at a considerable loss. About 12 months since a similar action to the present had been brought in the name of Mr. Lightfoot's bro ther, hot the former having admitted, on his cross-examination, that he had undertaken to pay the attot trey his costs, a non-suit took place ; and therefore this action , was brought by a total stranger to the transaction. - Mr. Joseph Lightfoot stated, that lie resided at No. 2, York-street, Walwortb. Ott the 20th of January, 1817, the defendant entered into a con tract with him to transfer about 50001. - Consols, for the 27th of February following. Witness had money in the bands of his bankers, Messrs. Mar tin and Co. to purchase the stock on the 27i h of February. The defendant, however, did not com plete his contract on the day agreed upon, and consequently on the 28th of February he was obliged to purchase of other persons, at a loss of 212/. 10s. Ile had agreed to purchase on the 20th of January, at 63 per cent., but in conse quence of the defendant's breach of contract, he was compelled to buy in at 674. When he ap plied to the defendant seven or eight days after wards, he said to hint, " 1 hope you will trans fer the stock into my name, or pay the difference. You are a pretty gentleman ; you know I am no speculator in the funds ; and if you do not pay me the money, I'll bring an action against you." The defendant replied, " You may do what you like, for I have got no stock." On his cross examination, witness denied that he was himself a stuck-jobber, but he admitted that he was known in the Alley by the name of Joe Lightfoot. ' The contract with 'the defendant was for the set-1 !ling day, but the settling day it was known at the time would be on the '27th of February. This was known to every body connected with the 'Change, and could not be unknown to the de fendant. He was • not certain that the '27th of February was'. speeisCally mentioned at the time the contract was made, but there was no doubt it was understood by the defendant that the stock_ was to he transferred on that day. Mr. Penn, librarian and hook-keeper at the Consols Office, proved that the defendant bad no Consols in his name in the Bank books on the 27th of February, nor at any period during the whole of the tear 1817. Mr. Cawthorn, clerk in the house of Messrs. Martin, Stone, and Co. proved that on the 27th February, 1817, Mr. Lightfoot had in their hands 2,966/, to answer his checks. - This was the whole of the evidence in support of the plaintiff's case. Mr. CHITTY; for the defendant, subinitted that there was a variance between the declaration and the evidence. The first count of the declaration alleged, that the Contract had been entered into 'for the 27th Of, February, whereas the evidence was, that it had been made for Ole settling day. Now, the declaration ought to have set out that ihe Contract was made for the settling day, and then it might have gone on, by inuendo,Oaat the settling day was the 27th of 'February. For this objection he cited Paynde v. Hayes, Str. 74, and Bull. N. P. 1 , 15, in 'which it was held to be a fatal variance, where the contract declared on was to deliver stock on the 22d of August, and upon the trial the entry in the broker's hook was a contract for the opening, thought it was -proved to Ite notorious that tit tool:3 *ere to open tte 22d, and the broker swore tie took the 22d of August and the opening to be convertible Milis. Mr. Justice ABBOTT said, he should he sorry to differ from any former decision, but his opinion' " was, that the case cited was not law. That, and other decisions of the like kind, had, no doubt, taken place from very good motives, namely, to get rid of such contracts. They seemed rather to be cases founded on the times, to get rid of South Sea contracts, than to be relied on as pre cedents in other cases: Mr. TOPPING and Mr. CHITTY then submitted, that this action was brought too soon. it was admitted that in a former action Mr. Lightfoot was nonsuited ; now they were in a condition to prove, under the plea ot the general issue, that on the very same day that action was tried, the de fendant was served with another declaration in the name of the preseut plaintiff, for the same cause ot action, before judgment of nonsuit had been obtained in the first action ; consequently the present action would not lie. Mr. Justice ABBOTT %vas of opinion that this matter ought to have been pleaded in abatement. If there was another action depending at the time this was brought, that ought to lißvZ!byen pleaded in abatement ; and it the penalty had been re covered in a former action, it ought to have been pleaded in bar to the present action. Such matters were clearly not prOVeable under the ge- • ueral Toppugo being without any other defence, Tile Jury, uuder elpf Leartied ,Jud4e's direction, found for the plainlitf on the second count— damag,s Is., ch-hi 500/. On the other ,counts'a verdict was recorde,; tor the defendant. 'ASSIZI . ; COUR I OFI AIMS. THE cot)NT on THE CONVICT ? A curious case, founded on the following cir cumstances, is now before this Court :—ln the year 9 of the Revolution, a man named toignard, convicted along with several others of robbery, o. Was condemned by the Criminal Court of the Seine to 14 years' imprisonment. He was sent from the liicetre to Toulon, to be employed ther'e with the - other convicts. From Toulon he es caped to Spain, wheh he formed an intimacy with a young and handsome female, who was attached, if not by love :it least by gratitude, to Count de Powes de Sr. Helene, a French emigrant. The Count died, and Coignard having got possession of his papers assumed his name, He removed with the fair Spaniard to another province, and they afterwards repaired 'to Madrid, where the false Count solicited and obtained a Captaincy in provincial regiment. He soon rose to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, and was decorated with the order of Calatrava. ' During the war itf the Spanish independence, he kit his corps and joined the French army. Mar shal Soult readily received a deserter who sacri ficed rank and ittoluments rather than fight against his countrymen, and appointed,him Chef de Bat talion in a French regiment. lie.was one of the first to join the Duke of Angouleme when he arrived at Bourdeanx in 1814, but solicited no appointment. Atter the re turn of Buonaparte in 1815, he was . employed through the interest of a clerk in the War-Office, ,who had married a lady of the faMily of Pontes. At the battle of Ileums, which preceded the battle of Waterloo, be was severely wounded. He then eepaired to the King, and stated, that be had been the victim of his attachment to the Bour bons, and that he had received his wound from a party of donaniers, while he was endeavouring, at the peril of his lite, to join the friends of the -Royal Cause. IVhen the King returned to Paris, he was tip - - pointed to a depot of detached troops which were assembled at the Petits-Peres. Ile acquitted himself well in that duty, and was appointed Chief of Battalion of the Legion of the Seine ; but, as he secretly followed another course than arms, it was convenient for him to retire on half pay, with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. It is said that he took advantage of the opportunities which his rank gave him, to facilitate the admis sion of robbers, of whom he . was the chief, into respectable houses. It happened, however, that one day, while present at a grand review in the Place Vendome, he was recognized by one of his fellow convicts at Toulon,: Long success had rendered him con fident, and he was imprudent enough to repulse, in a veryliade manner, his old friend. The Police soon got information of the story, and the Count was ordered under arrest, but escaped. He was long,sought for in vain, but was at last taken, with other depredators, in the act of breaking into a house. He was yesterday brought before the Court, where be insisted that he was the real Count Ponies de St. Helene. • Witnesses were called to prove that he was the convict Coignard, long examinations took' place, and the further hearing was postponed to Friday. DREADFUL SUICIDE.—An Inquisition was taken yesterday before T. SHELTON, Esq. Coroner, at the house of Messrs. Curties and Cooper, Angel qourt, Friday-street, , on the body of Mr. John Sdott, merchant, of Angel-court, Friday-street, Cheapside.--Mr. John Scott stated, that thede ceased Was his father, and that he resided with him. He had been very much depressed in his mind ever sinee that day week, in consequence, he believed, of an acceptance having become due,- which he was unable to take up. On Saturday morning last, hit did not come down stairs as usual to his breakfast, and witness went to him and asked him if he should soon come down ? He said that.he was unwell, and should lie in bed a little longer. Witness went to him several times between that and two o'clock : about two o'clock witness went to the deceased to inform him that a gentleman wanted to see him, and he said he should come down directly, and about twenty minutes alter he went to him again,.. and found him lying on the bed with his throat cut in a dreadful manner—a bloody razor lay on the ground.—Mr. Naples, surgeon, Cheapside, said, that he was Called in to see the deceased, and found he haticnt through the wind-pipe; and all the vessels of the neck were severed ; in tact, the . head was nearly separated froM the body.—An other witness spoke as to the deceased being in a desponding way a few day's prior to his death. Vet diet—lnsanity. WONDtRVIIL tSCAPS. • RITNIRLIKG BRIDGE INN; 236.11,tx, 018. A very signal interposition of Divine Pro " dente took place here alit tray, of Which the to, lowing are the partitulars • As two Gentlemen, strangers, after sited the Devil's Miln, were viewing th e tve " -- tc dons rocks and romantic scenery in its inaMediato vicinity, one of them, in order still farther .. . 0 gratify his curiosity, imprudently adventurecity,„. near the brink or a precipice at least : 0 5 feet high, where; having laid hold of a b to support himself, it unfortunately g ave ` vn ( Y i: when, dreadful to relate, he tumb led hea„ E long into the abyss below.. The situation the other gentleman may be more easily wi th le ceived than described.; he was petrified 'lgiesi horror, but found it impossible to render the ' 4o assistance. Upon recollecting himself a H gave the alarm,. when some people in t he neig ti bourhoud, having procured ropes, ran to the sP be. 0 but no one had the moat distant hope that I.ooi, unfortunate stranger could Possibly be alive: iii After . a difficult and dangerous search , to s h e d great joy and astonishment, they'at last observ e the object of their solicitude standing on 3 la t r i ja. stone in a creek of the ricer; at a considerable taiice from the place where he had fallen in: deliverers, at the hazard of their own lives, bled down the rocks till they were within ab ou t to feet from the spot where he stood ; being aiHe se: proceed no farther, the rope, on whic h a 11°°1 had been previously put, was ►h" h an ded &P vt .; ‘rhich he instantly fixed round his body; and 1..1 this way was extricated front his per:loos sit cl' tion, without having received any oth er than losing his fur-cap and getting a most plate ducking. It was peculiarly fortunate for tcv Gentleinan that he fell into a deep pool , t°";- 1 2 1 ,1, circumstance, under the good providenc e of his preservation must in a great measure beqB4_ tributed, because had he fallen into slim' water, he must inevitably have been cts bet i 4a, Nieces ; and it is also worthy of remark, t" t iter e, be been carried beyond the particular spot: hi, he was found, he would have been swept Plet., the rapidity of the current, and must Nave pe n : o il The Gentleman, upon being tarrlY btti deu vith' terra firma, gave his deliverers some mon e y' iota' which, after having invited some of their ace l ipao ances, they repaired to the Rumbling nrid f. g, e ; a de. where they regaled themselves, drank the `',„ - eo io% roan's health in a bumper, and spent tile, e ‘ jheets in the greatest hilarity, happy that th ey ate. instrumental in saving the life of a 10 °- tune.--(Edinburgh Courant, July 4.) • , o ne( A SINGULAR CASE.—George King, a Pr' s : „'ffe' the county gaol at Newington, on a c harge j o irtf lony, was on Monday brought before Si r I'IN}IORNE, one of the County Magistrate 4 tine to a complaint preferred against butt fellow prisoner, named Joseph Warringtoo,oo,4 knocking him doWn - dnd robbing him. It °11 15 4 ed that Warrington was committed to prisollo4 vagrant. A , few days afterwards, King a n y wo f himself of an opportunity, when no Pers't catO near, to knock him down, and rob him ° „„',10 1 „ pound and two-pence, which sum was cod‘-asiOr in the lining of his waistcoat. Warringto n •1,0 0 his complaint to the Governor of the prio rl 'beioi caused King to be searched; but nomooel the found on his person, it was . cons id er ed t"ever,, charge was a fabrication. Warringt:in , h ° l %v b y his world not allow the matter to sleep; s, n `,T e nditf it continual solicitations induced the Supern-int to of the gaol again to search, when be l e : gn i (P # the exact spot where he was knocked (I°'"'i„ di e serving a hole, about the size of an egg' , p01q, 4 stone floor , . full of water, while the nt i ' e , : i'o, ll ' . of the pavement were perfectly dry, be p th i tvi ? hand, and found the sum of one pound pence.—A detainer was lodged against J"' the robbery. had b! JAMES FliwErt, the young man Nv . " skull fractured in consequence of being rb b - f t"" by Mr. flu NT'S barouche, when (troy" - . o ' mob on his way home from the littsling s :a j, vent-garten, is in the Middlesex 1 - I°'l ) 'fidtlf f d , considered out of danger. He is much di in the face in consequence of the whee' %fie ( over him. Mr. HUNT never sent to ing tare him. c...2_ , ..!!!!!!!!!_uu"'" _ - • y COURSE OF EXCHANGE, TUESDAY, i t "' ( J P • ° B. :37 Amsterdam Ditto, at Sight Amsterdam 11 00 Ditto, at Sight it 2 d Rotterdam 4 gi Autwerp 34 " Hantburgh 34 6 Altona Paris, 3 Day's date titi er d Ditto c Dour(leaux, ditto - f, P'..41 e Frani; forton the Main OOOOO .•• 39 Madrid - - 9 & 0 Cadiz a 38 , Bilboa ... 38 Seville ........ . • • Gibraltar .. ............................ / Barcdona . ............ 511 Leghorn Genoa... 471—Venice, Ital. Liv• 26 5 Malta... 1 Naples ....... _.., 44 0* o Palerm ...................... • 13 " . . _ b 9 Lisbon ............................. Oporto ttio Janeiro. Dublin.... .. ... 10,1. ... . Cork , .... 104 Let t Cent. Ago oldie Bank on Holland.... ??. per ' P er 4 o%' BULI,IO.N. 1 ' 6 Portugal Gold, in Coin .................. h 4 1 .6 6 'Foreign 'Gold, in Bars .................... 4 0 • New Doubloons ............. .•• . _ b New Dol 131'S ................ ......... :; 6 ... Silver, in Bars .......... sor MraitßlED , l'e4terday, at Iklary•le-hone Church, Stra ftq' ser l by p . geon to -his Majesty's forces, to Miss Lincoln, ° moor-street, Portman-square.' di DIED. On the 6th, in Upper Berl - el- v-strect, the 't o r10 : 11- 01 14 J .4161 : : Elizabeth Richardson, wife. of Riel h )gi t ' f g t.,/ t " . 0 / the Madras Civil Service arid youngest daue-elßr s°ll Ea, of Winterton. " On Sunday last, in Upper Gower-street, " Mrs. S. NI. lohillipps. 0 , . q9l f N °. 14 4 0;1 LONDON: Printed by J. B. CAI:STAIRS, d : 1 ,01 Oro:mid-street, Queen-spare; and Pti bi ' s 'c at Of SCRIPPS, of No. 77,. South Molton-streeti;leittg° Office, No. 112, Strand ; w h ere Advett i l Letters, &c. (post-paid) must be addreog c„ ~r k~ '''J